Aug. 20, 2016 Update Adding this report on the acceleration of archery as a sport for young girls, from the resource rich data gleaned from the fabulous Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. … [Read more...]

Aug. 22, 2013 Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has posed a vast public health problem in the latest edition of Vogue……Literally and figuratively.That can be a good thing if it helps ignite a media conversation … [Read more...]

June 1, 2012 Personally, I don’t think 8th grade and ‘cocktail dress’ should be uttered in the same sentence, but alas, there are entire websites ratcheting up the ‘kids getting older younger’ (KGOY) … [Read more...]

April 26, 2012
“If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck”…
It doesn’t take much inductive reasoning to see Miss Travel is afoul.
That said, using critical thinking skills to see why … [Read more...]

Ready for Feb 3, 2013?
Miss Rep will be at it again.
Here is the new list of 2013 Twitter handles for advertisers, just use the #NotBuyingIt hashtag on Twitter to make a social media statement … [Read more...]

Feb. 1, 2012
“25% of young women 18-34 would rather win America’s Next Top Model than the Nobel Peace Prize..."
..."And 23% would rather lose their ability to read than their figures” opens Lisa … [Read more...]

Dec. 20, 2011 True confessions, it’s been a heckuva challenging year, and it got me thinking about what different people do to bootstrap themselves out of adversity in its many forms whether it’s … [Read more...]

Oct. 29, 2012 Update: Nice reminder on talking tips to quell anxiety about Hurricane Sandy, from the Child Mind Institute.
Mar. 14, 2011 When I was a child living in Japan through the 8.0 … [Read more...]

September 22, 2010 Would you like a sideorder of sexualization with that heart attack?
If the excess sodium from KFC’s Double Down innuendo-laden sat fat monstrosity doesn’t raise your risk factor … [Read more...]

September 2, 2010 Without a doubt, guerrilla marketing campaigns can be effective disruptors as well as clever marketing and teaching tools for advertising AND media literacy.
But what happens when … [Read more...]

Dec. 6, 2009 Samuel Johnson once said, “Our aspirations are our possibilities.”
I love the limitless empowerment in the short phrase, so when I heard there was going to be a new online DIY craft show … [Read more...]

August 12, 2009 Well, it finally happened. Full tilt desensitization.
I suppressed a huge yawn and a roll of the eyes reviewing Miley’s pole dancing antics at the Teen Choice Awards with a great … [Read more...]

July 22, 2009 Food, Inc. is making the rounds in art house theaters throughout the nation, and though I have yet to see it (going in Palo Alto soon!) we have Amy Vachon of Equally Shared Parenting … [Read more...]

Media's power has an odd way of sneaking up on you at unexpected moments...Remember this one I wrote about preteen body/beauty influence?
Well, this weekend, she eagerly tapped into wikipedia and … [Read more...]